Thursday, April 23, 2009

Rujak Potong - cut fruit (2)

Still remember my post of the original Rujak - Indonesian fruit salad? This is another version of rujak. If the original rujak has many fruit assortments with mixed peanut brown sugar sauce for dressing, then this rujak has limited fruits assortment and instead eating it with sauce, there's salt mixed with chopped hot red chili to substitute the sauce.


The limited assortment of the fruits are Mango (mangga), Water Apple (jambu air), Ambarella (kedondong) and Jicama (bangkuang).


But then, as you can see in the behind glass box, the vendor also sells Water Apple, Mango and Pineapple seperately in plastic bags.

Salt mixed with chopped red hot chili for the dipping.

54 comments:

Steven Goh said...

the cut fruit looks nice and it seems different compare to our place here. We used to have the Rojak with shrimp paste instead the powder.

SimpleGirl said...

the salt powder with chilies is similar to our salt with belacan powder, normally will be added when we buy cut fruits in the hawker....but when we talk about rojak here..we normally will add shrimp paste.

worldwindows said...

Our powdered dipping here also includes dried sour plums.

5 Star Foodie said...

I would love the salt powder with chilies!

Pearl said...

in taiwan, i would see people eat fruit with salt, too. i never quite understood it, although it does add a nice tang!

Selba said...

steven goh: The original rujak with sauce also has shrimp paste in it :)

simplegirl: belacan powder? that's new to me. I wonder how it tasted :)

worldwindows: Wow! Dried sour plums? Nice taste!

5 star foodie: It's easy to make by your own, just salt then mix it with the cut red hot chili. If you eat sour fruit (not ripe yet) with salt, it give a sweet taste, try it :)

pisang goreng 115,NF said...

aiseh all malayasian fan talk already.

let see, there are also added fried tofu and some place they added kangkung too
BUT no nose cow

pisang goreng 115,NF said...

aiseh all malayasian fan talk already.

let see, there are also added fried tofu and some place they added kangkung too
BUT no nose cow

Selba said...

pearl: Yes, the salt will give a sweet taste to the sour taste of the unripe fruit :)

Selba said...

pisang goreng: Hahaha... no worries lah... Fried tofu aka beancurd in rujak? Same.. same... like in the rujak cingur ;)

Mica said...

Mmm, salty, sweet, and spicy. It sounds like a good variety of rujak to me!

Selba said...

mica: Hehehe... This is an easy rujak to make which you can make by your own at home :)

foodbin said...

more like pickled fruit.

thenomadGourmand said...

salty, sweet and spicy at the same time! not to mention refreshin yea!

email2me said...

I can taste the chili just by looking at the pix ..... =.=||

Big Boys Oven said...

so colourful, so fruitly, looks delicious too!

CUMI & CIKI said...

it never looks this colorful in KL! i am addicted to that asam salt actually.. eventhough it must be bad for you.. haha

Selba said...

email2me: Hahaha... but the salt & chili is not really hot.

BBO: It is indeed :)

cumi&ciki: whooaaa.. you like salt?

Tummythoz said...

Water apple for Jambu Air? Hmm I cannot recall what we call it over here.

Those cut fruits in plastic container look so colourful.

Selba said...

foodbin: Uhmm... not really, it's fresh fruits :)

TNG: Yeaaah.. refreshing and juicy!!! :)

Bits of Taste said...

Wow! So much fruits and look! it is amazing!

Selba said...

tummythoz: Are there a lof of water apply in Malaysia?

Selba said...

bits of taste: Hehehe.. yup :)

backStreetGluttons said...

Your version is probably closer to the Thai variety

Jeff said...

Good to know it is easy to make your own. Great thing about blogs is I get exposed to a million different things I want to try however, I live in the middle of nowhere so I can never find it around here.

Nicely done!

Katherine Aucoin said...

The fruit's colors are so vibrant and beautiful. What a luxury to walk down the street and be able to buy such a healthy and delicious treat.

FoOd PaRaDiSe said...

wow... next time i will surely try out the spicy powder when i go to Indonesia.

Kristen said...

Hi, I'm new to your blog and love what I see!

Lori said...

Looks good. We dont have anything like that here in Upstate NY. Well at least I dont know about it. I would love to try it. I love to see waht you are up to here. I find it fascinating.

EatTravelEat said...

Salt and chili with fruit! Amazing. Never have heard of this flavor combo ever before!

Selba said...

BSG: Eh… that’s so true :)

jeff: Move.. move.. move to a big city! Hehehe…

Katherine aucoin: It’s very easy to find this vendor on street selling fruit :)

food paradise: Hehehe.. make sure to try it :)

Selba said...

kristen: Hi Kristen, thank you for dropping by my blog and also the compliment. Please drop by again :)

lori: It’s actually simply fresh tropical fruit. It would be nice if you can find and try it in NY? Any possibility to find it in Chinatown?

ETE: Salt with fruit is quite common here in South East Asia :)

Monica H said...

Oooh, this looks good. My mom eats watermelon and grapefruit with salt and mango with hot pepper sauce. I bet she'd love this.

Selba said...

monica h: Wow! Sounds your mom got Asian taste :)

Nic (KHKL) said...

salt definitely brings out the flavours of some ingredients. i think it must hav got something to do with osmosis..hehe

yumz!

Selba said...

nic: *nods* Yup, it probably has something to do with osmosis :)

Elyse said...

That fruit looks delicious! I love that salt-chili pepper mixture. How interesting!!

Selba said...

elyse: It's nice to eat sour fruit with salt ;)

Bangsar-bAbE said...

Salty...spicy...sweet & sour! I love this combo! =D

Sara said...

That fruit looks delicious, I bet it's amazing with the salt powder too.

Pam said...

Sweet fruit dipped in hot chili salt sounds great!

catherine @ www.unconfidentialcook.com said...

I love that salt-cum-pepper dip!

Sugar Bean said...

Salt mixed with chopped red hot chili for the dipping? Wow, sounds different to the Malaysian version of rojak. Wonder why it's pink instead of red in colour? Haha, nevertheless, we wanna try it out!

Timothy said...

Nice. Now I have another food guide in Indonesia ..... cool !

Little Inbox said...

I can't stand of the sourish of Ambarella.

kyh said...

rojak!!! my mum loves it. :)

kyh @ http://soleilian.com

Sophie said...

MMMMMMM...Selby! That cut fruit with salt & red hot chili! haha! that is another take on food that I know!

Selba said...

bangsar-babe: Hehehe… perfect combo, ya?

sara: Yes, the salt powder added the flavor :)

pam: It’s perfect for healthy snack :)

Selba said...

catherine: Wonderful…. :)

sugar bean: Oh.. it’s kinda pink and orange because the percentage of salt is about 90% than the red hot chili :)

timothy: Hehehe… make sure to come again then ;)

Selba said...

little inbox: Dip it into salt, the sweet taste will come out ;)

kyh: How about you? Do you like rojak? :)

sophie: Hehehe… great, ya?

Jude said...

Oooh water apples! I forgot what they were called back in the philippines. I think it was makopa or something.

Selba said...

jude: Yes, you are right, I just check with my Filipino colleague that in tagalog, water apple is makopa :)

Prue Barrett said...

That looks SO fantastic! What a great site! I've only just found it. It's years ago that I was in Indonesia - makes me want to go back!

Selba said...

prue barret: Hi Prue, thanks for dropping by my blog and also your compliment :)
Sounds that you had a great time in Indonesia, which places did you visit? Bali?

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